Cash drawer or till tray



April 1952 J. JERTSON r 2,594,653

CASH DRAWER OR TILL TRAY Filed Sept. 18, 1950 INVENTOR JAMES L.JERTSONATTORNEYS Patented Apr. 29, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Thisinvention appertains to cash drawers and till trays and moreparticularly to a novel means for accomodating saleschecks, and othermatter Without increasing the active size of the drawer or till.

Cash drawers or till trays are divided into separate Compartments forpaper currency of different denominations and for coins of differentvalues, and no provision, such as is outlined in this application, hasever been made for the reception of saleschecks, guest checks, bankchecks and other forms used in various lines of business. It isimpractical, as will be later set forth, to provide a separatecompartment for checks, etc., in multiple drawer double tier registers,as commonly used in department stores and other lines of business, inthat either the size of the tray or drawer would have to beobjectionably increased, or certain compartments for currency would haveto be eliminated.

The only proper, safe and systematic procedure of handling saleschecktransactions in retail stores, is to record them on the register at thetime of sale, and place them in the cash drawer, or till tray forsafekeeping.

As brought out above, no safe, convenient and satisfactory place forstoring saleschecks during the day on cash, charge, C. O. D. and WillCall checks, is provided by the present type till tray. In departmentstores operating on the floor audit principle, saleschecks must eitherbe carried around by the salesperson in a salesbook, or in a tallyenvelope, or placed beneath the till tray in the register drawer.Neither of these procedures is satisfactory in that almost always thesaleschecks are not kept in the proper order, are subject to beingmisplaced or lost and'can cause the cash drawer to jam when they areplaced beneath the till.

It is, therefore, one of the primary objects of my invention to providea novel means for constructing a removable till tray or the cashregister drawer, so that saleschecks can be safely accommodated withoutincreasing the size of the drawer or tray and without eliminating any ofthe currency and coin compartments.

Another salient object of the inventionis the provision of means forforming the drawer or tray, with raised compartments for certain of thepaper currency, whereby to provide an independent compartment directlywithin the tray and below the elevated currency compartments of aconvenient size and shape for receiving saleschecks as the same are madeout by the salesperson.

A further important object of the invention is to provide means, wherebythe lower compartment provided for the saleschecks is so arranged thatthe same can be easily placed in the salescheck compartment andconveniently and quickly removed therefrom.

Another further important object of the invention is the provision ofmeans whereby the active size of the salescheck compartment can bevaried, and whereby saleschecks will be prevented from being pushed toofar back in their compartment.

While the above advantages apply primarily to businesses, using themultiple drawer double tier arrangement type register, with trays ineach drawer, comparable advantages will be had on other type registersand cash drawers and trays. Obviously, the utilization of the proposeddrawer is not confined to any type business or to any type record. Guestchecks, bank checks, pay cashier stubs, coupons, paper currency of largedenominations and other types of records can be advantageously stored inthe proposed type tray or drawer.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction, arrangement and formation of parts, as will behereinafter more specifically described and claimed, and illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which drawing,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a till tray constructed in accordancewith my invention for a cash register drawer.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view through the till tray taken onthe line 2--2 of Figure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional View through the tray, taken on theline 33 of Figure 2, looking in the direction of the arrows, the viewalso showing the tray in a cash register drawer, the

generally indicates a removable tray for a cash register drawer D.

The removable till tray T is of the same size and shape as generallyemployed in cash registers in retail stores, and can be fabricated fromany desired material, such as plastic, or metal as shown. This tray T,includes a bottom wall 5,

spaced parallel side walls 6 and l, a rear wall 8,

and an upwardly and forwardly inclined front wall 9. As in the usualconstruction, the upper edges of the side, front and rear walls, can berolled to provide a reinforcing bead l0, and this bead can be furtherreinforced, in any desired way, such as by the use of a metal rod I I.

The drawer is divided by a pair of spaced 1ongitudinally extendingpartitions l2 and I3, and transverse partitions M and 15, into acurrency receiving compartment H5, and coin receiving compartments I!and i8. It is to be noted that the transverse partition l5 extends fromthe side wall 7, short of the side wall 6, for a purpose, which will belater set forth. This transverse partition i5 is also arranged in spacedrelation to the front wall 5, and between the front wall 9 and thepartition iii are placed spaced partitions i9, and 21, which define coincompartments 22, 23 and 2a.

In accordance with my invention, I arrange a horizontal partition 25between the longitudinal partition I2 and the side wall 5, and thishorizontal partition 25 i arranged in spaced relation to the bottom wall5. The forward end of the partition 25, is curved upwardly, as at 25 todefine a front wall thereon. Secured to the upper surface of thehorizontal partition 25 and to the rear wall 8, is a horizontalpartition 21, arranged in spaced, parallel relation to the partition l2and the side wall 5, and this partition 21 defines, in conjunction withthe partition I2, currency receiving compartments 28 and 29. Byproviding the partition 25 in the manner just described, a compartment35 is provided under the currency receiving compartments 28 and 29, forthe reception of saleschecks 3!. The compartment 39 is provided with thewide entrance mouth 32, which is defined by a portion of the front wall6 of the tray T, and the front wall 25 of the partition 25. Thepartition 25 can be provided with sight openings 33, so that asalesperson can readily see into the compartment 39 and the openingsfacilitate the removal of paper money from these compartments. Thebottom of the tray at the entrance mouth 32, can also be provided with aslot 34, which facilitates the withdrawal of sales slips from thecompartment 38'.

It is to be noted that the currency compart ments 28, 29 and I6 arearranged in alignment, so that the currency of different denominationscan be easily handled, and these compartments can be provided with anypreferred type of spring clips 35, for holding the currency in thecompartments against loss. Obviously, the currency compartments are usedto receive paper currency of different denominations, and the variouscoin compartments receive coins of different values.

As set forth in the objects of this invention, much is accomplished byproviding a compartment 3!] for saleschecks 2|, below the currencyreceiving compartments.

Obviously, the tray can be constructed in various manners to define thelower salescheck receiving compartment 30 and the upper currencyreceiving compartments.

The active length of the salescheck compartment 30 can be varied by theuse of a sliding stop 36, and this stop can be held in any selected,adjusted position by the use of set screws 37. Guide slots 38 are formedin the bottom wall 5, for the reception of the set screws and bytightening the screws into the stop 36, the heads of the screws willfrictionally engage the lower surface of the bottom wall.

While in the drawing, I have shown my invention applied to a removabletray for a cash drawer, it is to be also understood that the draweritself can be constructed to provide a lower salescheck receivingcompartment and upper currency receiving compartment, and that 4 theinvention is not limited to a drawer or till tray for cash registers.

It is to be also understood that the compartment for the saleschecks,etc. can be varied in size for receiving different types of material.

From the foregoing description, it can be seen that I have provided acash drawer or till embodying multiple tiers of compartments for thereception of saleschecks and the like and that the active size of thedrawer or tray is not increased. Obviously, where a drawer or till wasprovided with additional compartments in the same plane, the size of thedrawer or till would have to be increased and such drawer or till couldnot be used with cash registers now on the market.

Various other changes in details may be made without departing from thespirit or the scope of this invention, but what I claim as new is:

1. A till tray or drawer comprising bottom, side, rear and front walls,said front wall extending from the upper edge of the tray in an arcuatepath to the bottom wall, a horizontal partition extending longitudinallyfrom the rear wall in a plane intermediate the upper edge and bottomthereof in spaced parallel relation to the bottom wall and terminatingin an upward arcuate path short of and in front of the front walladjacent the upper edge of the tray, a vertical partition on thehorizontal partition extending from the rear wall to the curved frontend of the horizontal partition and extending from the horizontalpartition to the upper edge of the tray, longitudinal partitionsassociated with the horizontal partition adjacent the side and frontportions thereof extending from the upper edge of the tray to the bottomwall, said horizontal partition defining with the rear wall, verticalpartition, and longitudinal partition a lower check receivingcompartment and upper currency compartments, the said spacing of thehorizontal partition from the front wall defining a wide arcuate shapedentrance throat into the check compartment, said entrance throat, checkcompartment and upper currency compartments forming one section of saidtray, and transverse and longitudinally extending partitions in theremaining section of the tray extending from the upper edge of the trayto the bottom wall and defining compartments for paper currency andcoins.

2. A till tray or drawer as defined in claim 1 including a transverselyextending adjustable rear wall for the lower check receiving compartmenthaving means for moving said wall longitudinally on the bottom wall.

JAMES L. JERTSONQ REFERENCES CITED The following references are ofrecord in the file of this patent:

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